Citizens Housing and Planning Council

Vital City | Flip the Script, and the Ballot, for Housing City Charter changes would help produce the affordable apartments New York desperately needs.

As you prepare to vote, NYC, please read my op-ed about the importance of NYC voting yes on questions 2 through 5:

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...

These changes aren’t about the needs of politicians. They’re about the needs of New Yorkers. /1

Vital City | Flip the Script, and the Ballot, for Housing City Charter changes would help produce the affordable apartments New York desperately needs.

@hslatkin.bsky.social weighs in on ballot measures. Vote yes on 2-5!!!
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fli...

The Elephant in the Room - CHPC New York

For a quick, readable analysis of how damaging our current system has been to housing affordability - and how it wasn’t intended to work this way! - read @chpcny.bsky.social‘s report, The Elephant in the Room:

chpcny.org/publication/...

Housing policy must find ways to pay the costs of maintaining housing and to manage these costs, rather than ignoring them.

"We can no longer afford to treat other policy objectives as if they're freeloading guests at a resort who can sign their bar tab and charge it to housing."

The data on financial conditions lumps together low-income housing and mostly market-rate buildings. As a result, it tells us that "rent-stabilized buildings are doing well financially, as long as you're talking about buildings that mostly aren't rent-stabilized."

Vital City | The Rent Is Too Damn High (But Also Too Low) Three strategies for addressing both the needs of renters and the financial challenges of maintaining their buildings

A new op-ed from CHPC’s @hslatkin.bsky.social in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social illuminates how misunderstanding of rent-stabilized apartment data is contributing to a mounting financial crisis in the housing New York City's low-income residents rely on.

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...

"Rent-stabilized buildings are doing well financially, as long as you're talking about buildings that mostly aren't rent-stabilized."

Restricting rents without the ability to manage costs creates a growing financial gap. Leaving this gap unfilled leaves affordable housing in tatters - hurting most the residents who rely on it.

It’s happened before, and it’s happening again.

Read more: citylimits.org/opinion-nycs...

When we disregard the actual costs of operating and maintaining housing, it harms residents - regardless of who owns the housing.

This is “antisocial housing.”

Fixing this problem is a matter of math, not politics or ideology.

Read more in @hslatkin.bsky.social and Sarah Watson’s op-ed.

City of ‘Not Yet’ on Staten Island as Backyard and Basement Apartments Sprout Department of Buildings pauses the first few accessory dwelling unit projects under Mayor Eric Adams’ 2024 zoning overhaul, after it approved them in error.

@smaldo.bsky.social at @thecity.nyc looked at early adoption of NYC's new ADU provisions on Staten Island - she found deep interest in these more affordable housing options, as well as what CHPC's @hslatkin.bsky.social called "the growing pains of implementation":

www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/20/s...

The Elephant in the Room - CHPC New York

And if you haven’t already, read @chpcny.bsky.social‘s report on the subject, The Elephant in the Room.

chpcny.org/publication/...

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The Elizabeth Street Garden housing betrayal A big reason Democrats are witnessing an erosion of their traditional working-class base is that the people who depend most on government have lost faith in government.

Whatever criticisms have been lobbed at Mayor Eric Adams, he’s been emphatic and unwavering that it’s *not acceptable* for privileged neighbors to say no to affordable housing.

Until this.

No more stalling from the Adams Administration. Build Haven Green TODAY.

www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/14/t...

Proposals for the Charter Revision Commission - CHPC New York On April 23, 2025, Executive Director Howard Slatkin provided testimony to the Charter Revision Commission about CHPC proposals for Charter reforms regarding housing and land use.

And our testimony to the Charter Revision Commission about reforms to address them:

chpcny.org/policy-and-t...

Read our research about what's broken in NYC's land use review process ...

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Our morning reading today - the NYC Charter Revision Commission's preliminary report:

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CHPC is proud to have submitted research and proposals to inform this uniquely important civic process, and will continue to engage on these critical reforms for housing.

NYC has lofty goals for housing creation in neighborhoods across the city. But the path to creating more housing is often blocked by a land use review process that delays, defers, and rejects the actions needed to create it.

Read CHPC’s report, The Elephant in the Room:

chpcny.org/wp-content/u...

@council.nyc.gov just passed the City of Yes zoning changes to enable the creation of more housing across all neighborhoods, and related legislation to support the creation of ADUs and legalization of basement apartments. A banner day for housing in NYC!

Taking Stock - CHPC New York

3) Taking Stock, an overview of New York City’s housing stock, drawn from the 2023 Housing and Vacancy Survey.

Did you know that there are more renters than owners living in condominium units in NYC? This and other factoids inside:

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The story you live in - CHPC New York

The Story You Live In, our interactive visualization of how basement apartments can diversify the housing options available to meet the needs of renters and owners alike:

chpcny.org/visualizatio...

Low Density, High Stakes - CHPC New York

Hey BlueSky - we’re still just getting settled in here, but while you’re around, check out some of the goodies we’ve published lately:

1) A summary of our research on low-density zoning in NYC, and why the question is how to fix it, not whether it’s really broken

chpcny.org/publication/...